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Poccessor (was All Praise the Fount of All Knowledge!)

From:Bob Greenwade <bob.greenwade@...>
Date:Thursday, March 21, 2002, 23:47
At 04:47 PM 3/17/02 +0000, And Rosta wrote:

>"Poccessor of Arcane Trivia" should be made one of his offical titles. >Next, we have to decide what it means. Obviously on one level it's a >portmanteau of _processor_ and _possessor_, but if we take it at face >value, and pronounce it /p@k'sEs@(r)/, what it it mean? Creatively >philological minds, please make your suggestions.
I'd say just combine the meanings of the two root words: to poccess is to possess and process, to hold and keep but in a dynamic rather than static state. In this context he'd be not only possessing the arcane trivia, but constantly processing it into new arcane trivia. --- Bob's Original Hero Stuff Page! [Circle of HEROS member] http://www.angelfire.com/super2/bobgreenwade/original.htm Music from Bob's Computer! (CD now available!) http://mp3.com/BobsComputer Want more hits to your web page? http://nomorehits.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi?referrer=bobgreenwade http://ads.clickthru.net/bannerlink?host=264157&ban=4

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